Brass Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.927014 Composed by Charles Johnson (1908). Arranged by Dr. Jim Fox. 20th Century,Folk,Ragtime,Traditional. Score and parts. 73 pages. All Brass Radio Publishing #3469858. Published by All Brass Radio Publishing (A0.927014). A fast two-step rag from 1908.  The melody travels from section to section.  As a two-step rag, it is written to go fast, about 132 bpm.  This would be a good concert in the park piece as it is flashy, and fun to play and listen to.  It has wonderful parts for every instrument in the brass band.  It is a finger twister, but once the band has it under its fingers, it shines as a rag written 110 years ago and captures the ragtime feel.  It is a bit on the difficult size and will take some rehearsal even for the top bands.  Once the piece is worked up, and has been polished under a fine MD, it becomes something wonderful and worth the extra effort.

Brass Ensemble - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.768557 Composed by Jim Evans. Concert,Standards. Score and parts. 160 pages. Beginning.band #5372703. Published by beginning.band (A0.768557). A collection of six duets and six trios written with the youngest players in mind!Ranges limited so that students can focus on rhythmic accuracy, tone quality, dynamics, and expression.Rhythms are limited to whole, dotted half, half, quarter, and paired eighth notes. Rhythms that even the youngest musicians can count! No syncopation!Each piece is about one minute in length to accommodate the limited stamina of younger players.A variety of styles and moods to motivate studentsEvery measure of each part is numbered! You're welcome! Duets may be performed by any two instruments, with like or mixed instrumentation, but if you use mixed instrumentation you may have better results if upper instruments play the top line and lower instruments play the bottom line. Also, it may be preferable to avoid having two tubas, as the results may be less desirable.Trios should be performed by two higher pitched instruments and one lower pitched instrument. Parts 1 and 2 could be flute, clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax, trumpet, or horn. Part 3 should be at least one octave lower, and should be bassoon, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone, trombone, baritone, or tuba.Books for Flute/Oboe, Bb treble, Eb treble, Tenor Saxophone, Horn, Bass Clef, Tuba, Bells/XylophoneNotesDuetsSneaking AroundMeter: 4/4Key: BbRange: A - GFocus: Staccato, Slur, Phrasing, Dynamic ContrastCountry DanceMeter: 3/4Key: BbRange: A - GFocus: Staccato, Triple Meter, PhrasingAll Aboard!Meter: 4/4Key: C minorRange: Bb - AbFocus: Staccato, Slur, Phrasing, Dynamic Contrast,Note: The second part on this piece may be especially challenging for young flute, oboe, and trombone players.Give and TakeMeter: 3/2Key: BbRange: Bb - FFocus: Interplay between voices, especially contrasting staccato and legato, Triple MeterNote: The meter signature of 3/2 allows for livelier rhythmic content without presenting sixteenth notes. Students should be able to read it in 6/4, then perform it in three when they get a feel for it.Night SongMeter: 4/4Key: EbRange: Ab - AbFocus: Legato, Phrasing, BalanceAdagiettoMeter: 3/4Key:EbRange: Ab - AbFocus: Legato, Phrasing, Balance, IndependenceTriosParlor DanceMeter: 4/4Key: BbRange: A - GFocus: Staccato, Slur, PhrasingBow and CurtsyMeter: 3/4Key: EbRange: Low A  GFocus: Pickups, Staccato, Triple MeterHopscotchMeter: 4/4Key: EbRange: Ab - AbFocus: Staccato, BalanceGalliardMeter: 3/4Key: BbRange: A - GFocus: Phrasing, BalanceOn a CarouselMeter: 4/4Key: EbRange: Ab - AbFocus: Pickups, IndependenceHymnMeter: 3/4Key:EbRange: Low G - AbFocus: Legato, Phrasing, Balance

Brass Ensemble - Digital Download SKU: A0.883782 Composed by Anon. Arranged by Phil Lawrence. 20th Century. Score and parts. 31 pages. Phillip Lawrence #4338685. Published by Phillip Lawrence (A0.883782). The original folk tune as picked up in the 1960's by Simon & Garfunkle, for Intermediate/Jnr. Brass Band. The tune is anon and indeed very old. In my title, the word Impressions is used to describe the harmonic style which is decidedly French of a Darius Mihaud style or even a light Messian. It should keep the young players on their toes in an aural sense and the tuning of a challenge, and perhaps feeling rather musically grown up delivering this in a concert?

Brass Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1008583 Composed by Nathan C. Curtis. Contemporary,Rock. Score and parts. 78 pages. Nathan C. Curtis Music #4890067. Published by Nathan C. Curtis Music (A0.1008583). Black Metal Fantasy aims to translate the dark harmonic world of black metal music into the brass world.  With its constant barrage of minor chords and dark melodies, you will transport your audience to frozen, moonlit Scandinavian forests.  There are many contrasting sections, all suitably brooding, with one imitating the buzz saw sound of the tremolo picked guitars typically utilized in the black metal genre.  Bonus points if your ensemble wears corpse paint.  

Brass Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1025896 Composed by Johannes Brahms. Arranged by Coleman Alexander. Classical. Score and parts. 17 pages. Coleman Alexander #5709741. Published by Coleman Alexander (A0.1025896). A dark and then bright lied by Brahms about how a maiden would rather kiss a young man than an elderly one.Here are the strange lyrics. The maiden stood by the mountain slope; the mountain reflected her face, and the maiden spoke to her reflection: Truly, my face, O you my worry, if, my white face, I knew that someday an old man would kiss you, then I would go to the green mountain, pick all the wormwood in the mountains, press the bitter water out of the wormwood, and wash you, O my face, with that water, so that you would be bitter when the old man kissed you! But if, my white face, I knew that someday a young man would kiss you, then I would go to the green garden, pick all the roses in the garden, press the fragrant water out of the roses, and wash you, O my face, with that water, so that you would be fragrant when the youth kissed you!

Brass Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.966760 By Yazoo. By Vince Clarke and Vincent Clarke. Arranged by David Fretwell. A Cappella. Score and parts. 36 pages. Collegiate Publishing #4362721. Published by Collegiate Publishing (A0.966760). Originally recorded by the English Synth-pop Duo Yazoo, comprised of Alison Moyet & Vince Clarke, this classic song from their debut album Upstairs At Eric's reached Number 2 in the UK Charts in 1982. Further success followed a year later when the song was released by the 'a cappella' vocal group The Flying Pickets when it was crowned 'Christmas Number 1' in the UK Charts and stayed there for 5 weeks.This arrangement will enhance any programme throughout the year, not just at Christmas and should sound effective played by brass bands from any section.

Brass Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1299336 By Culture Club. By George O'Dowd, Jonathan Moss, Michael Craig, Phil Pickett, and Roy Hay. Arranged by Nigel Simmons. Pop. Score and Parts. 33 pages. Hepplewhite Music #889198. Published by Hepplewhite Music (A0.1299336). Arranged for 10-Piece Brass Ensemble (Brass Band)by Nigel Simmonswww.HepplewhiteMusic.co.ukFull Score and Parts for3 x Bb Cornets, Flugel Horn, Eb Tenor Horn, Bb Trombone, Bass Trombone, Euphonium, Eb Bass & Drum KitPlus Eb Cornet (in lieu of 1st Bb Cornet) & Bb Bass (in lieu of Eb Bass).

Brass Ensemble - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.802397 Composed by Samuel Scheidt. Arranged by Peet du Toit. Baroque. Score and parts. 6 pages. Peet du Toit #5375169. Published by Peet du Toit (A0.802397). Here's a short and powerful piece from the early Baroque era to have ready for most occasions. The players love it, because it brings one back to the roots of music, brass and life. Your audiences pick up on this and would want to hear it again or more of it. They won't even think it is senior music!

Brass Ensemble - Digital Download SKU: A0.999422 Composed by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky. Arranged by Eric Wilson. 20th Century,Concert,Graduation,Romantic Period,Wedding. Score and parts. 16 pages. Woodrow Edition #5798357. Published by Woodrow Edition (A0.999422). I arranged this for my wedding in 1990 – my wife walked up the aisle of the church while it was played. The varying time signatures in the first half of the piece didn’t seem to cause any issues in her arriving at the alter safely and we are still happily married after 30 years!It can, of course, be used in any setting and if my suggested tempo seems a little on the quick side I’ll blame that on the length of the church nave. Pick a tempo which suits your situation and try to capture a majestic feel.

Brass Ensemble - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.510142 Composed by Eliot Ferguson, Eugene Hutz, Oren Kaplan, Sergey Ryabstev, and Uri Lemeshev. Arranged by Andrea La Rose. Contemporary. Score and parts. 44 pages. Andrea La Rose #6411627. Published by Andrea La Rose (A0.510142). • Melody and harmony parts for all standard band and orchestral instruments, plus drums.• Chords included in every part, to encourage use of song as a vehicle for improvisation.• In original key, so you can play along with the recording. As a young musician, I often had a hard time finding music for me and my friends to play together. Small wonder, when I was a flutist and my closest friends in band played trumpet, baritone sax, and clarinet. Who writes for that combination? Later, as a music teacher, I would either be approached by students in the same kind of situation or I would have an after-school ensemble consisting of something like 3 flutes, 2 alto saxes, 4 pianists, 5 drummers, a guitar, a viola, and an accordion. Now, really. Who writes for THAT combination?! Since I am also a composer (who often finds herself writing for similarly odd instrumentation), I would simply arrange music for that combination. But not every teacher or student is comfortable with doing that or has the time to. Finally, I am sharing with you all the fruits of my labor. Let friends play with friends! Let people pick parts that they are comfortable with! Let’s play some music we love!

Brass Ensemble - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.510141 By The Beatles. By John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Arranged by Andrea La Rose. Rock. Score and parts. 12 pages. Andrea La Rose #6410809. Published by Andrea La Rose (A0.510141). • Melody and harmony parts for all standard band and orchestral instruments, plus drums.• Chords included in every part, to encourage use of song as a vehicle for improvisation.• In original key, so you can play along with the recording.As a young musician, I often had a hard time finding music for me and my friends to play together. Small wonder, when I was a flutist and my closest friends in band played trumpet, baritone sax, and clarinet. Who writes for that combination? Later, as a music teacher, I would either be approached by students in the same kind of situation or I would have an after-school ensemble consisting of something like 3 flutes, 2 alto saxes, 4 pianists, 5 drummers, a guitar, a viola, and an accordion. Now, really. Who writes for THAT combination?! Since I am also a composer (who often finds herself writing for similarly odd instrumentation), I would simply arrange music for that combination. But not every teacher or student is comfortable with doing that or has the time to. Finally, I am sharing with you all the fruits of my labor. Let friends play with friends! Let people pick parts that they are comfortable with! Let’s play some music we love!

Brass Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.896037 Composed by Gustav Holst. Arranged by Deontrae Peyton. 20th Century. Score and parts. 18 pages. Peyton Music Publications #3510607. Published by Peyton Music Publications (A0.896037). Holst's Mars arranged for marching band. This short, fanfare-like setting of a classic in marching band literature will surely become a favorite for your students. It even features two(2) pick-a-note sections.